Snow Summit Mountain Resort
Snow Summit Mountain Resort is a ski area located in the state of California in USA. The resort is in the town of Big Bear Lake, CA.
We recently ranked all of California's ski resorts, so you can see where Snow Summit Mountain Resort stacks up against all its nearby ski hills!
Season Passes
Snow Summit Mountain Resort is a part of the Ikon Ski Pass network. This allows you to buy one lift pass, and ski at all or most of the Ikon-sponsored slopes with it throughout the year, depending on the type of pass you bought.
Lodging Options
There are numerous options to stay at Snow Summit Mountain Resort around the resort. Check out the available options with the form below.
Snow Summit Mountain Resort Terrain Overview
Snow Summit Mountain Resort has a total of 31 ski trails, which are serviced by 16 ski lifts, gondolas and/or trams. Snow Summit Mountain Resort is considered a smaller than average ski area, with only a maximum of 240 acres available to ski. This area is equivalent to 97 hectares, 0.4 square miles, or 1.0 square kilometers.
Snow Summit Mountain Resort's slopes see on average 150 inches (3.8 meters) of snowfall a year. That is almost 12 feet every year!
Total Runs
31
Lifts
16
Skiable Acres
240(1 km2)
Annual Snowfall
150"(381 cm)
Snow Summit Mountain Resort Elevation
Snow Summit Mountain Resort has a summit elevation of 8,200 feet, or 2,499 meters. However, not all of that elevation is able to be skied. The base of the ski slope sits at 7,000 feet above sea level, creating a ski hill that is 1,200 feet (366 meters) high. This is referred to as the slope's vertical drop - or a measure of how high the skiable hill is.
The summit of 8,200 feet makes this ski resort one of the highest in the country. The average ski slope summit is around 4,000 feet, so this is extremely high compared to its peers.
Summit Elevation
8,200'(2,499 m)
Vertical Drop
1,200'(366 m)
Base Elevation
7,000'(2,133 m)
Snow Summit Mountain Resort Difficulty Level
Difficulty Score™
63out of 100
DID YOU KNOW?
At Parks & Trips, we've created a proprietary Difficulty Score that attempts to show how difficult a particular ski slope is. We get to this number by combining a number of metrics for each resort and comparing them to its peers. Most of the score is based off the amount of easy-intermediate-expert slopes by acreage and the maximum vertical drop of the overall resort, but also includes a few lesser-used metrics as well.
Our algorithm compares each resort’s metrics with all others in North America, then assigns each a Difficulty Score, which we use to rank them accordingly. Resorts with a lower score are easier to ski than those with a higher one. However, a high score does not mean that the resort does not have any easy slopes, or vice versa. This is just an overall score given to the resort based on all its metrics grouped together.
Skiable Terrain by Difficulty Level
Snow Summit Mountain Resort has 240 total skiable acres, which can be broken down into the three main groups of difficulty: Beginner, Intermediate, and Expert.
Snow Summit Mountain Resort's difficulty level is higher than average, which is because 25% of its ski trails are rated as intermediate, and another 65% as expert.
Beginner
10%(24 acres)
Beginner trails (identified by a green circle) are the easiest trails on the hill with a gradual 25% or less gradient, and are usually wide to accommodate beginner skiers.
Intermediate
25%(60 acres)
Intermediate trails (identified by a blue square) are usually the most popular and crowded runs, which have a slope of anywhere between 25-40%.
Expert
65%(156 acres)
Expert trails (identified by a black diamond... or two) are the hardest slopes on the mountain, and have very steep gradients over 40%.
Is Snow Summit Mountain Resort good for beginners?
Snow Summit Mountain Resort is above average in its difficulty level, so... probably not? It will depend on which trails you take since only 35% of its trails rated for either beginner or intermediate skill levels.
Snow Summit Mountain Resort Location
Snow Summit Mountain Resort is located in the state of California, USA. This ski area is nearest the town of Big Bear Lake, CA.
Address:
Big Bear Lake, CA 92315 USA
View on Google Maps
Website:
bigbearmountainresort.com
GPS Coordinates:
34.23600, -116.89200
Getting to Snow Summit Mountain Resort
By Car: If you are driving, you would set your GPS to either the ski resort's name (Snow Summit Mountain Resort), its coordinates of 34.23600, -116.89200 (latitude, longitude), or simply drive towards the town of Big Bear Lake, CA to get close.
By Air: If you are coming in from across the country, then you may need to board an airplane to get here.
A large airport has scheduled major airline service with millions of passengers per year. This type of airport always accepts international flights. Here are the closest large airport(s) to Snow Summit Mountain Resort.
| Name | Code | City | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ontario International Airport | ONT | Ontario, CA | 42 mi |
| Los Angeles International Airport | LAX | Los Angeles, CA | 89 mi |
| San Diego International Airport | SAN | San Diego, CA | 105 mi |
A medium-sized airport has scheduled regional airline service. This type of airport may or may not accept international flights. Here are the closest medium-sized airport(s) to Snow Summit Mountain Resort.
| Name | Code | City | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palm Springs International Airport | PSP | Palm Springs, CA | 36 mi |
| John Wayne Airport | SNA | Santa Ana, CA | 68 mi |
| Long Beach Airport (Daugherty Field) | LGB | Long Beach, CA | 78 mi |
There may also be much smaller regional airports next to Snow Summit Mountain Resort, but we didn't list them here due to the fact that no major airlines go through them.
Other Nearby Ski Resorts
Skiers will - especially if coming from far away - try and visit a couple different slopes all in the same trip. Here are the closest other ski slopes within 100 miles of Snow Summit Mountain Resort.
| Name | Location | Summit | Difficulty Score™ | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mt. Waterman | La Canada Flintridge, CA | 8,030 ft | 56% | 60 mi |
Snow Summit Mountain Resort Mountain Stats
| Name | Statistic |
|---|---|
| Summit Elevation | 8,200 ft |
| Base Elevation | 7,000 ft |
| Vertical Drop | 1,200 ft |
| Trails | 31 (10% Beginner, 25% Intermediate, 65% Expert) |
| Lifts | 16 |
| Skiable Acres | 240 |
| Avg. Annual Snowfall | 150 inches |